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Slim wrote:

Ted Hughes wrote:We were doing worse at almost everything this time last season.

We didn't win an away league game til mid October last season, then we lost the next two after that. Still won the title.

I don't think 86 will win it this season.

Perhaps not, but last season Chelsea beat us at home & we couldn't win away from home consistently. We dropped 16 points out of the first 30 away from home that's four losses & two draws. We already have two away victories in the league, so have no 'hoodoo' to sort out there. So imo we are ahead of our start to last season & it's likely we will top last season's points total if we keep a consistent away record.

A win at Stoke would almost even out the head to head v them compared to last season & we are due a win there, they have got away with a few.

Because of our shitty away record early doors last season against average/poor teams, we were left with a hell of a job to win the title at the death as we had to play all the top teams away & beat most of them, hence Liverpool getting in the driving seat.

If we pick up more away wins, we can afford one or two more unexpected fuckups home or away & still have more points. Our away form was mid table for a fair part of last season.

Newcastle Away (2013-14 W)-(2014 -15 W) 0 difference
Liverpool Home (2013-14 W)-(2014 -15 W) 0 difference
Stoke Home (2013-14 W)-(2014 -15 L) -3 difference
Arsenal Away (2013-14 D)-(2014 -15 D) 0 difference
Chelsea Home (2013-14 L)-(2014 -15 D) +1 difference
Hull Away (2013-14 W) (2014 -15 W) 0 difference
Villa Away (2013-14 L) (2014 -15 ?) ? difference

So we are currently 2 points down on like for like fixtures on last seasons, if we beat Villa tomorrow, we are 1 point better in the like for like fixtures stakes and we have played the 3 bigger teams and not lost